The Writer Is In
Thoughts & tips on medical Writing
What Is Medical Writing?
If you are a physician writing nonfiction, is it, by default, medical writing? Well, not always. Both the medical writing industry and the commercial publishing industry have different categories of writing (or genres and subgenres, when it comes to commercially available books in particular), and it helps to know where you fit in.
What Is an Author Platform?
For most physicians, “author platform” is a foreign term. But in the commercial publishing industry, it’s a very important one–one that you will hear again and again, particularly for authors of nonfiction.
3 Tips for Physicians Writing for a General Audience
Physicians and scientists can be fantastic sources of medical and scientific information that the general public needs; most members of a general audience are looking for trustworthy information that they can understand and apply to their own lives. But how can...